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I don't know yet. Neither do you.
Tom, is there ANY way it looks like it has been, or will be, worth many times the human and financial cost of 9-11
ARRELL
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3/6/2008 11:39:21 PM
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You know it isnt worth it.
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"The three trillion dollar war."
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Bowser
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3/4/2008 7:55:50 AM
The last paradigm shift: "The victory won't be worth the money."
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TB
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3/4/2008 5:18:21 PM
O come on. We've been giving you crud about the cost since...
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alcaray
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3/5/2008 1:13:11 AM
re: O come on. We've been giving you crud about the cost since...
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gbaikie
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3/5/2008 3:07:35 AM
Paradigm shifts suck, don't they?
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ARRELL
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3/4/2008 10:29:47 PM
You're stuck too.
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TB
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3/5/2008 12:34:18 AM
No, its about a lot more than the money, its about the cost...
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ARRELL
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3/6/2008 2:42:16 AM
you didnt answer the question: 'was it worth it'?
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ARRELL
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3/5/2008 9:58:21 PM
I don't know yet. Neither do you.
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TB
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3/6/2008 4:07:41 PM
Tom, is there ANY way it looks like it has been, or will be, worth many times the human and financial cost of 9-11
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ARRELL
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3/6/2008 11:39:21 PM
Is that the benchmark we're going by?
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TB
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3/7/2008 2:01:10 AM
Its the benchmark we were given by Bush and Co. to justify this war-
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ARRELL
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3/7/2008 6:14:53 PM
re: costs
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TB
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3/8/2008 1:22:28 AM
If you don't know yet, 4+ years in, then why were you so gung-ho to do this?
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Yeti
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3/6/2008 4:19:09 PM
re: 4+ years in
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TB
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3/6/2008 5:36:12 PM
Policial Progress was not a goalpost shift.
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Tony
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3/5/2008 6:16:32 PM
re: goalpost shift.
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TB
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3/5/2008 7:14:12 PM
So how come you get a big list, but you think we are only entitled to one criticism that must never change.
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alcaray
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3/5/2008 9:19:41 PM
dont just take my word for it.
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Tony
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3/5/2008 8:21:17 PM
and down the internet memory hole it goes.....
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Tony
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3/7/2008 6:14:21 PM
re: there's not one of them that isn't almost identical to something that could have been written a year ago. Maybe two.
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Yeti
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3/5/2008 3:39:45 AM
re: written a year ago
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TB
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3/5/2008 3:56:15 AM
re: 'Chicken Quibble'
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Yeti
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3/6/2008 4:38:15 PM
"So, how's that recession coming?"
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TB
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3/7/2008 5:14:35 PM
Tom, you are crazy.
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Yeti
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3/7/2008 5:22:30 PM
Oh, and PS.... how is that 'manufactured recession' Quibble coming along?
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Yeti
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3/7/2008 6:30:42 PM
"Worst jobs performance in five years."
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TB
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3/8/2008 12:24:27 AM
It'ssssss the MEDIA'S FAULT!!
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Tony
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3/7/2008 6:41:58 PM
Sorry, Tony... I get confused. I thought it was Clintons fault this week.
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Yeti
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3/7/2008 7:21:00 PM
Whoops, my bad
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Tony
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3/7/2008 8:53:52 PM
And also recall- no matter what the issue
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Yeti
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3/7/2008 10:39:30 PM
re: 'Chicken Quibble'
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TB
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3/6/2008 5:56:45 PM
Who said anything about victory?
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Yeti
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3/4/2008 8:56:08 PM
Sorry, losing track of the goalposts again.
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TB
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3/4/2008 9:53:07 PM
re:then stop moving them around every week.
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Yeti
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3/4/2008 10:51:42 PM
Regime change, nukes, WMDs, democracy. Who is losing track?
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Bowser
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3/4/2008 10:07:47 PM
Learn your history
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Raoul
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3/4/2008 8:11:25 PM
WW II .........Last Proper WAR
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carl
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3/5/2008 6:08:49 PM
Rope-a-dope
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ER
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3/6/2008 3:36:07 AM
re: Rope-a-dope
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TB
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3/6/2008 4:13:37 PM
Our tactical successes have yielded no strategic benefits.
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ER
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3/10/2008 6:12:02 PM
NEWSFLASH!!!NEWSFLASH!!!NEWSFLASH!!!
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Yeti
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3/6/2008 5:21:13 PM
Well, you certainly got the "nobody cares" right.
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TB
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3/6/2008 6:05:26 PM
I know who Cordesman is, as well I know what the CSIS is.
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Yeti
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3/6/2008 6:28:16 PM
re: I know who Cordesman is, as well I know what the CSIS is.
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gbaikie
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3/7/2008 8:16:06 AM
MAYBE, when trying to determine a group' s bias, you should look at more than their own site and a wikipedia entry they wrote...
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ARRELL
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3/7/2008 8:28:34 PM
time required to read gbaikie's worthless post: 10 seconds, search time to verify that csis Is a right wing think-tank: 1 minute 35 seconds, showing- yet again- that gbaikie is an unthinking politica…
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ARRELL
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3/7/2008 7:48:09 PM
Heh.
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TB
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3/8/2008 1:20:23 AM
Look at their history, TB, then tell me they are not 'right wing'
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ARRELL
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3/8/2008 1:25:12 AM
You'll go to any length to avoid the actual information, won't you?
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TB
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3/8/2008 2:49:29 AM
As will you, apparently
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ARRELL
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3/9/2008 3:02:21 PM
Probability that gbaikie will admit his mistake and apologize: NIL
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ARRELL
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3/7/2008 8:03:49 PM
re: Probability that gbaikie will admit his mistake and apologize: NIL
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gbaikie
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3/8/2008 10:57:12 PM
As I said: NIL
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ARRELL
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3/9/2008 3:01:21 PM
Knights Who Say Ni, say Ni
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gbaikie
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3/10/2008 4:24:40 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.